London Marathon
Thousands of steps backwards
Why is there a “non-binary” category in the London Marathon?
The Gentleman’s Marathon
ASH Smyth recounts his one experience of ‘running’ 26.2 miles
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
